Media in the Seventies :: American America History

Media in the SeventiesMedia has forever changed the behavior people live today and it changed lives in the seventies. In the seventies the media was principal(prenominal) because they were able to show what happened in Vietnam and the people that wanted to forget the contend could listen to music to get away. In the seventies in that respect as well as was a agglomerate of new shows that became popular along with big bands. unitary of the setoff major bands to appear in the seventies was named Chicago. There first record album was in sixty-nine, but they never really got noticed until there second album called Chicago. This album went all the way to the top and was voted album of the form by Cashbox magazine. In 1970 religious themes started to appear in songs like spirit in the sky, and let it be. The Beattles also had there work film called Let it Be, which premiered in London. The Beattles were so big that in hot pearlescent category they had 2 flush albums. The numbe r one single of 1970 was bridge over Over Troubled Water, by Simon and Garfunkel and they also had one of the top albums of the year. The capital of Mississippi 5 had three hit singles in the top 40, this was a great accomplishment for these young superstars. In 1970 there was a lot of good movies and television shows. One of the major shows was called M*A*S*H, and this show is still running today, however it originally stated as a movie. Another oldie that is still on the air is hello five - 0. In the early seventies Alice cooper emerged into his own theatrical role of rock now known as shock rock, and this is when rock started paste into different sub-catogories such as jazz rock, latin rock, and religious rock. The year of 71 is when Michael Jackson split from the Jackson 5 to try his go as a solo singer and his first hit was highborn got to be there. Don Mclean released a album called American Pie, this single shot him to number one on the charts and is to this day the lon gest single in history to get there running at an amazing 8 minutes long.Nineteen seventy two was a great year for Led Zepplin he hit the charts with power scoring three hit singles Black Dog, Rock and Roll, and the classic Stairway to Heaven.